Town of Thieves is currently at a very bare bones prototype level. There is an initial help guide in the main menu, but a copy here can give people an idea, without downloading the game.

Game Aim

Start summary will give you your victory conditions, for the current prototype demo, it's to see how much cash  or reputation you can earn 30 days.

Actions

Achieve your goals, by using available gang actions on the towns buildings. Scout area and properties for intel. Burgle, Pickpocket, Extort and Threaten properties to earn cash, reputation and alter loyalties. Bribe the local watch to keep your heat down!

Remember to keep your crew morale up, by letting them Socialise, and improve them via Training. Note: Scout actions do not reset on next turn (can be altered in options). Only one gang can perform an action on a tile.

Gangs

Click on the HQ button (blue flag or quick key 'Q'), allows you to recruit 3 types of criminals: Scouts, Thieves and Heavies. Create gangs from your recruits (drag and drop), and then assign them an action for each turn. If you don't assign them an action they will Protect your HQ by default.

Controls

Use WSAD or arrow keys to move the map. Middle wheel can be used to zoom. Left click to get info on a building or road.Icons here let you choose more info(magnifying glass) and actions(scroll), can use quick key 'E' to switch between.

Bottom right window, has HQ('Q'), Heat Map('H'), Prev Turn Summary, Options('Esc') and Next Turn('Enter') buttons. Heat map, currently cycles between Reputation, Scouted Wealth and City Watch Heat, use these to help plan your actions.